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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And I had no idea what the fourth derivative was called so I had to look it up. It’s called snap or jounce.

[–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

And fifth/sixth derivatives are crackle and pop because some physicists thought it would be funny to have it be “snap crackle and pop”

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember when my calculus professor offhand mentioned these and jerk. He had a really dry sense of humor, so I didn't realize that he wasn't joking with us (the class) until like two semesters later.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

So, you didn't realise that during the unit test?

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

If I remember right, it wasn't on any test. Those tests were all problem solving, and none of the problems had derivatives deeper than acceleration. It was awhile ago though, I could be misremembering